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Examples of quoting

quoting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

It provides quantified variables and allows quoting so that statements about statements can be made.
It also allows quoting or statements to be made about statements.
Two interviewees are worth quoting for their expressive and infectious portrayals of their retirement roles.
Extensive quoting from the published accounts reveals the richness of these data and provides a feeling for the emotional impact of widowhood that women experience.
Quoting raw success rates without setting these in context, in short, adds nothing to our knowledge.
Quoting the colonel, the article reviewed his qualifications for the office.
When quoting a vortex-formation time, we refer to this vortex.
The conversation is revealing and, for this reason, worth quoting at length.
Quoting an authority, for instance, may bolster an argument or allow one to apply it to the current dispute.
I am quoting from memory but the nonsense has stuck in my mind.
It is well worth quoting from this study.
Another instance of quoting a technical document to criticize the zoning proposal is seen in the following.
These may be reduced to "talking on behalf of" and "quoting to the benefit of" speech event types.
Each of these vignettes makes a compelling story, and it is difficult to resist retelling them or quoting from them here.
Their enthusiasm is felt in the tone of the writing, and communicated by quoting extensively to the texts they present.
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